Loner homicide detective, Hunter Markum, tries to remain detached when he sees the pile of bones, but something inside him snaps. His missing sister could be one of them. His only hope of learning their identities is to team up with Dr. Kerry Herlihy, a forensic anthropologist. As much as he works to keep his distance, something about her compassion strikes a chord with him.

As the attraction ignites between them, their quest to find the killer soon reveals the identities of the victims. But that puts Kerry right in the path of the killer. In a race against the clock, Hunter must apprehend the murderer if he hopes to save the woman he loves once she's BURIED ALIVE.

Publisher's note: This book, and the rest of the series, has been reedited. It had been written under the pen name of Tia Mason.

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Criminal Minds meets Bones

Four skeletons in a mass grave. Who will be next?

Loner homicide detective, Hunter Markum, tries to remain detached when he sees the pile of bones, but something inside him snaps. His missing sister could be one of them. His only hope of learning their identities is to team up with Dr. Kerry Herlihy, a forensic anthropologist. As much as he works to keep his distance, something about her compassion strikes a chord with him.

As the attraction ignites between them, their quest to find the killer soon reveals the identities of the victims. But that puts Kerry right in the path of the killer. In a race against the clock, Hunter must apprehend the murderer if he hopes to save the woman he loves once she's BURIED ALIVE.

Publisher's note: This book, and the rest of the series, has been reedited. It had been written under the pen name of Tia Mason.

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Hunter is a homicide detective and catches a case of some remains on a property that him and his partner Phil have to inspect! When the ME and his temporary assistant and anthropologist Kerry arrive, they make a grim discovery. Not one but four remains are found. As they uncover clues as to who each victim is, the killer closes in in an attempt to throw them off looking for more information and threatening Kerry, to the point Hunter becomes her bodyguard. They both fight their attraction to each other until neither can deny the chemistry between them! Unfortunately the killer gets to Kerry and buries her alive and now Hunter has to find her and is racing against the clock.

Lots of suspense, mystery and heartache surrounding the different cases of the victims but dealt with by Hunter and Kerry beautifully! Loved the ending and looking forward to the next book in this series:)

So when I saw that this book would have no sex in it, to be honest I was wondering if it would really keep my attention. Let tell you, just because this book has no sex does not mean it has no romance. Reading about Hunter and Kerry was truly amazing. These two had so much in common and understood each other more then they knew. I loved seeing their love blossom.

I loved how these two were very passionate about their work. Both had a different part to play in solving these murders. Both felt for the nameless victims and both wanted to see this killer caught and pay for their crimes.

Just when you think you have it all figured out the author throws in a surprise that makes your mouth drop. Yeah, what was revealed about the killer I was not expecting. This story did keep me on the edge of my seat and I found it kept my attention the whole time, which completely surprised me.

I loved Hunter’s little girl. I love how much she took up with Kerry. We got to see a glimpse of what kind of mother Kerry would of been. I do wish we would of got to see more of the daughter at the end after Kerry and Hunter discovered their feelings for each other.

Of course when you think the danger is almost over Kerry will find herself right in the thick of it and Hunter will try to save her in time. I found that each and everything that Hunter and Kerry went through help them realize their true feelings. I loved when Hunter was faced with a very tough chose and how he chose Kerry when given that chose.

I found Kerry’s sister kind of dingy and a drama queen. I loved Kerry’s grandfather and loved how protected he was of Kerry. I loved how much Hunter’s daughter took up with Kerry’s grandfather.

Wow, to say this story is great, is an understatement because it is truly amazing. Though this is not a story that I usually associate with this author, it still took me on an incredible adventure of romance, mystery and murder.. This story starts you off with murder and keeps you on edge till the end and then throws you a little twist with who the killer is.. When skeletal remains are found Kerry an forensic anthropologist is called in to work on them to find out the identity of these women. Hunter is the detective in charge of the case and he is just as determined Kerry in finding out who the women are. But as they start to make progress Kerry becomes the killers target. Will Hunter be able to protect her or will the killer bury her alive?This book is an absolute must read..

Kerry is a forensic anthropologist, when skeletal remains are found she is called to try to identify who the women are. Hunter is the detective in charge of the case. He's just as determined as Kerry to find out the identity of the women. Just as they start to gain progress in the case, the killer sets his sights on Kerry. This is a well written engaging read. There is murder, mystery, action, chemistry and romance. I really enjoyed this book it kept my interest from beginning to end.I voluntarily received an advance arc copy through Booksprout for an honest review.

3.0 out of 5 starsInteresting storyline but fails to entirely deliver on its promise

20 May 2018 - Published on Amazon.com

The premise of the story was interesting but needed a better execution to make it a good novel. The characters were well-developed enough but there could have been more attention paid to the back-story of some of the characters rather than the romance the main characters. I didn't enjoy the development of the relationship between Kerry and Hunter, I thought it was handled in a very heavy handed manner which detracted with the story itself. I won't be reading the rest of the series.